July 31, 2015 — a day in which the Philadelphia Phillies fully recognized the idea of “rebuilding” a struggling ball club, shipping their home-grown ace of 10 years to the Texas Rangers in exchange for six players.
The full trade looked like this:
Recently, I took a poll on twitter to gauge who the majority thought to be the most important of these six acquired players:
In the process of writing my next piece for @TheGoodPhight, so I want to know...
Who, in your opinion, was the MOST influential piece acquired by the Phillies in the 2015 Cole Hamels trade:— Alex Carr (@AlexCarrMLB) April 30, 2019Over 1,200 of you responded, the majority siding with one Jorge Alfaro.